This debate was up here somtime ago. I believe someone mentioned annother M* lens bbesides the 4.0/300mm (which I, BTW - use quite often).
Where is the evidence (official Pentax explanation) that M* should mean anything or more than just "compact"? Jens Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Peter J. Alling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 1. september 2004 19:06 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: The meaning of letters in lens names? Unfortunately for collectors there seems to have been only one M* lens. (M*300 f4.0). Jens Bladt wrote: >For the Pentax SMC M series the star (*) means "compact* (only two M*-lenses >was made, one of which is the M* 4.0/300mm). I have read this in one of the >little Asahi Pentax booklets, that used to come with a new lens. >For the A and FA series the star (*) also means compact as well as something >like "top-of-the-line quality" or "we did our best here". These lenses are >usually excellent, sometimes even unmatched, compared with similar >non-Pentax lenses. All this does not mean, that all excellent lenses have >got a star. The SMC Pentax-F 1.4/50mm is perhaps a good example. > >Jens Bladt >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt > > >-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- >Fra: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sendt: 1. september 2004 17:44 >Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Emne: Re: The meaning of letters in lens names? > > > > >Steve Jolly wrote: > > > >>Jostein wrote: >> >> >> >>>There are some other designations too, like the asterisk (*) that >>>alledgedly denotes use of special quality glass. At the prices of >>>those lenses, they damn better have some special glass too...:-). The >>>asterisk can be found on both A, F and FA series lenses. >>> >>> >>I thought it implied the use of at least one aspherical element? >> >>S >> >> > >No, however, some do. >What I preceive is, the wider angle lenses need the correction more than >others, and they get it. They are identified by having "AL" as a suffix to >the lens callout. >They may or may not be * lenses, and may or may not be A or FA designs, so >you can see, it's not just the Star lenses that have the aspherical >elements. > >keith whaley > > > > > > -- Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs. P. J. O'Rourke
